Rather, Draw not black lines where none is needed.

As to the "Race card" response, I believe Snoop Dogg did a skit on his show "Doggie-Fizzle" about that. Hilarious.

Now...the task at hand. Wudman is putting out a stimulating conversation based around this one joke. He finds it offensive. From what I can read in his responses and arguments is that he is offended by the lingo, if you will. It is too common to stereotypically refer to everyone of a race strictly by the actions, comments, and agendas of a few. Stereotyping ghetto-talk with the black race is offensive to quite a few, and those that are offended look at the lingo as we do; uneducated talk that shows the shortcomings of one person. When that is attributed to the community, people will be offended.

As Jeff Foxworthy once said: (paraphrased)

"It's not that Southerners aren't smart, but we just cant keep the most ignorant of our people off the television."

This can be applied to all.

BTW: 19yo Scottish Ancestry* BLUE BLOODED AMERICAN!!!

*Insert skirt jokes here!

It's not so much as what I wrote on the previous page, but it's the truth as I see it. I understand that the black community is taking advantage of the system of government that is in place. But how did it get that way? By using the race card and saying poor me. They guilted the politians into passing laws in their favor. We have affirmative action which at one time I agree was needed but it isn't anymore. With high paying jobs going overseas good jobs are harder to come by and just because your black you should get the job over someone more qualified, now that causes racial tension. Then yes you have BET, Ebony awards, Negro College Fund, etc. that are stictly for blacks only. Whites can't do that anywhere else. It's ok for blacks to be racist but not whites. Give me a break.

Yes I'm tired of it. If blacks want to be treated equally they need to pull their fair share of the wieght without special treatment. Then we can start to get past racial tensions.

Do we have the power to change anything? Maybe not immediately but if one talks with another then another then ideals change, laws change etc. It starts with one persons idea. Dr. King had a dream, and I don't think this was it.

Uh God took a long leak?!

Now on to a serious note.. Anyone who thinks this is offensive is just looking for something to be offended about. Since it was written by a black man should mean that you can't try to use this as racism against a white man.

The funny this is that when I say 'Ya'll' or 'ain't' it apparently just typifies me as a backwards ignorant Southerner (I can prove that is far from correct, btw). I speak that way because I want to. Because that is how MY people speak... By MY, I mean the people in me lineage.

But if a black man writes something intended to be humorous and used the dialect of HIS people (again HIS meaning people in his lineage), nowadays it is twisted into racism and social injustice... Maybe this man is proud of his roots regardless of whether society thinks he should be or not... Hey! Kinda like me!

As said many times through this post... Puullllleeeezzzeee lighten up.

quote Originally posted by Butter: Uh God took a long leak?!

Included in this mix are African-Americans. I've walked by, stood in line behind and in front of, sat by at the bus stop, on the bus, in the theater, and in class, lived near in the dorms, worked with, and been friends with LOTS of African-Americans EVERY day. I would have to say that 3 out of 10 have SPOKEN proper English. The rest have some sort of dialect, whether it be ebonics, a heavy foreign accent, or some such other thing.

Thier dialect does not mean they are uneducated. For crying out loud, they're in COLLEGE. (Most of these persons are seniors, juniors, and a few sophomores, so no college dropouts here.)

So Wudman, how can you be offended by someone typing in a dialect that is actually SPOKEN by people in the same lineage as yourself, who are just as educated if not more so than yourself?